Free Kenneth Foster ~ Man to Be Executed Even Though He Was Not the Killer

[spazntwitch]

Kenneth Foster ~ Man to Be Executed Even Though He Was Not the Killer

Normally I don't post things like this on Spoofee, but the following news article actually made me upset at our justice system.

There is also a Web site devoted to getting him freed if you are interested.
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Man to Be Executed, Although Prosecutors Say He Didn't Kill

Kenneth Foster Jr. is scheduled to be executed in Texas later this month for the murder of Michael LaHood, even though everybody — even the prosecutors — knows Foster did not kill the man.

Mauriceo Brown, who has admitted to shooting LaHood to death in August 1997, was executed last year, but barring an unlikely 11th-hour commutation from Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, Foster will meet the same fate on Aug. 30.

 

[LiveSquid]

Aint that some sh.t?

 

[clubchick]

well, the other guys "both cooperated with the government and were given plea deals" ... so something tells me there's more to it. he said he acted in self defense, rather than saying he DIDN'T do it. i think it sounds fishy.

 

[LiveSquid]

This is all there is to it, imo

"Foster, who was tried alongside Brown, rather than given a separate trial, is charged under a Texas "law of parties" statute that disintegrates the distinction between the perpetrator of a crime and an accomplice, allowing Foster to be put to death, even though he did not actually pull the trigger."